Jeffrey Hunter Quotes


"There just aren't that many Jesus roles around."
- Jeffrey Hunter
"We had to be parents by long distance, which is far from satisfactory."
- Jeffrey Hunter
(Related: Parents)

"When it comes to turning out movies, I'm for Hollywood."
- Jeffrey Hunter
(Related: Movies, Hollywood)

"With all the weird surroundings of outer space the basic underlying theme of the show is a philosophical approach to man's relationship to woman. There are both sexes in the crew, in fact, the first officer is a woman."
- Jeffrey Hunter
(Related: Fact, First, Man, Sexes, Space, Woman)

"You try to get the feel of any role, but it's much more difficult in the case of Christ because everyone has their own personal image of Him. It's a role you take on, knowing that no matter how you play it, you are going to disappoint many."
- Jeffrey Hunter
(Related: Christ, Play)

"I was warned not to do it. Actors who play Jesus are supposed to have a hard time getting other roles to follow, but I felt this was a myth. After all, how can you be typecast as Christ?"
- Jeffrey Hunter
(Related: Time, Actors, Christ, Myth, Play)

"I doubt if the public thought of me as Christ when they next saw me as Temple Houston on television."
- Jeffrey Hunter
(Related: Thought, Temple, Christ, Doubt, Houston, Public, Television)

"I love doing motion pictures and expect to be as busy as I want to be in them."
- Jeffrey Hunter
(Related: Love, Want)

"I was notified on July 17 to be ready to start August 7 for an October air date. When we reached the screen we did not have a single segment ready. It was done so fast the writers never got a chance to know what it was all about."
- Jeffrey Hunter
(Related: Chance, July, October, Writers)